Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) 
AphiaID: 242553

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiotrichidae (Family) > Ophiothrix (Genus) > Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) (Subgenus)

Status		accepted
Rank		Subgenus
Parent		Ophiothrix Müller & Troschel, 1840
Source		Not documented
Direct child taxa (40) [show all] [sort alpha..]		Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) accedens Koehler, 1930 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) ailsae Tommasi, 1970 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) angulata (Say, 1825) Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) aristulata Lyman, 1879 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) caespitosa Lyman, 1879 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) ciliaris (Lamarck, 1816) Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) consecrata Koehler, 1930 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) contenta Koehler, 1930 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) crassispina Koehler, 1904 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) deposita Koehler, 1904 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) dyscrita Clark, 1915 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) echinotecta Balinsky, 1957 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) elegans Lütken, 1869 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) exigua Lyman, 1874 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) foveolata Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) infirma Koehler, 1905 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) koreana Duncan, 1879 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) leucospida Koehler, 1930 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) liodisca H.L. Clark, 1915 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) miles Koehler, 1905 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) oerstedii Lütken, 1856 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) oliveri Benham, 1910 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) panchyendyta Clark, 1911 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) pavida Koehler, 1922 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) picteti de Loriol, 1893 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) plana Lyman, 1874 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) prostrata Koehler, 1922 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) roseocoerulans Grube, 1868 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) rotata von Martens, 1870 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) rudis Lyman, 1874 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) savignyi (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) spiculata Le Conte, 1851 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) tradita Koehler, 1930 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) tricuspida Cherbonnier & Guille, 1978 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) trilineata Lütken, 1869 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) trindadensis Tommasi, 1970 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) vitrea Döderlein, 1896 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) alboviridis (Brock, 1888) accepted as Ophiocentrus alboviridis (Brock, 1888) (erroneously transferred to Ophiothrix) Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) marenzelleri Koehler, 1904 accepted as Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) exigua Lyman, 1874 Species Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) megaloplax Koehler, 1930 accepted as Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) aristulata Lyman, 1879
Environment		marine
Distribution		Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien
Attributes		Functional group benthos » Stage adult (inherited from Ophiuroidea) [details] Supporting structure & enclosure Endoskeleton » Structure Solid » Composition Calcareous > High-magnesium calcite (inherited from Echinodermata) [details] [show lower level...]        Loading...
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242553
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2007-07-16 13:33:01Z   created   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2007). Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix). In: Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T. & Thuy, B. (Eds) (2017). World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed at http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242553 on 2017-10-19